1861.] Translation of a Bactrian Inscription. 313 
The subsequent word of four letters is unintelligible ; from the 
letter mri I feel disposed to take it for an obsolete participle of 
nirm&n ‘ to build.’ The two letters after it, hh and ga are distinct. 
They, no doubt, make with the letter following Bhagava* though the 
last is peculiar and seems to be joined to the next, tta. Assuming 
it to be distinct, we have after it Ichasasya kshina sarira, which 
together means, “ the relic of the body of Bhagavan Khaslia,” or 
rather “the emaciated or reduced (kshina) body of Bhagavan.” 
Mr. Bayley reads Sdlcya for Khasa. Mr. Thomas’s transcript of it — - 
Bhaga-a-naya-shtra satita patidhaveti is perfectly unintelligible. 
The last word of the line is paridhareti, the verb of the sentence. 
In Sanskrit the root dhri in the active voice, becomes dharati when 
meaning “ to fall,” dhriyate in the sense of 1 remaining’ or ‘ con- 
tinuing,’ and optionally dharati , dharate or dharayati ‘ to keep’ or ‘ to 
hold ;’ the passive form being dliriyate or dharyyate, and the causal 
dharayati. In the active voice in the Prakrit, dharati becomes 
dharedi. What the intermediate Pali form was, is not known, but 
judging from the nominative of the sentence under examination being 
in the 3rd or instrumental case, I am disposed to believe the Bactrian 
Pali form of the passive to be dliareti. If this be admitted, the words 
of the first line put together would mean : “ By this Gatriga, the 
Ugamatega monastery on the peak of the Ivhasavamri Hill, belonging 
to Ugamatega (or Vagamatega or Nagamanega) the son of Samagu 
(or Parnagu) was made to hold the relic of Bhagavan Khasa.” 
The first word of the second line is distinct enough ; hut the letter 
following it is a puzzler ; it looks very unlike any Bactrian letter 
that I know of. Mr. T. reads it shu, while according to Mr. B. it 
is Ten, which with' its successors sa and la — the last doubtful — makes 
the word Tcusala. Mr. T. does not attempt to read the next letter. 
Mr. B. takes it for a t, which with the following letters lena would 
represent Icusalatalena “ by unshaken blessings,” but, as the letter has 
been above met with before sarira, where Ichi appears to he the 
probable reading, for the sake of consistency I must here take it for a 
Ichi and make the passage kusaldkhilena “ by innumerable blessings.” 
The word is in the instrumental case, and cannot be in concord with 
what follows unless we take tne sentence to be elliptical. If the 
* The Burmese vocative of Bhagavan is Bhagava. We have it here in samasa 
with khasa. 
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